Maybe thats European thing, but this is quite common offer for developers. I guess companies do not advertise this option, but more often than not they will accept it. When thinking about my team (8 developers) I think there are maybe two people with 9 to 5 x 5 days a week arrangememt.
Are you in Netherlands or something like that? Here in Poland I only know junior developers that are doing 1/2 or 3/5 time and finishing bachelors or doing masters simultaneously.
No, Czech republic. Tech lead/architect doing stuff for banks. I guess the market is so hot right now that companies have to be more flexible.
My guess is it’s easier in Europe. My guess is if you only work 29 hours you won’t get health insurance where in Europe you still would qualify. Many people (myself included) are the “health insurance breadwinner” with a wife and kids that has no option other than a 40+ hour gig.
This came up last time reduced hour workweeks were discussed: https://4dayweek.io/ (never used them, have no idea how effective it is).
I believe Google offers 80% time (4 day work weeks), but I'm not sure if they post positions like that, or if you need to be hired full time and then transition to 80% time.
In my experience, Google doesn't offer 80% time. I switched to 80% time at Google (and 80% salary/vesting) but that was my suggestion after a number of years. It wasn't straightforward to transition (I think it needed VP approval), but I didn't encounter opposition either. I found that 80% time is a much bigger quality of life benefit than you might expect, since it's a 50% increase in the number of days you have off.
Everyone I know in Google on 80% (which is surprisingly many people) has started full time. I imagine some full week trainings you might want to start with would be quite awkward if part of participants would be skipping a random day of the week. Or, awkward if you've been promised you can keep spending your Wednesdays with your kids, but then suddenly need to stay in the office.
Oh dear god, DONT miss the TRAINING!! WHAT will happen to YOUR MONEY if your MISS THE TRAINING?!?!?